Today I welcome R A Busby to the blog.

Q1 When did you first begin the journey to becoming a writer and why choose dark fiction?
From the time I was six or seven years old, I was writing stories. I’ve always been attracted to fairy tales — some of the darkest fiction out there, especially for children — and in college, I focused quite a lot on Gothic fiction of the 19th century, and later on made the marvellous discovery of Mexican Gothic as well. 

I love dark fiction because it tells the truth. Sometimes, the truth of a human experiencecan be more powerfully and meaningfully conveyed when it’snotprecisely literal — when being pregnant with Satan’s baby allows us to understand control of women’s bodies through manipulation and gaslighting (Rosemary’s Baby), or when a vision seen in ugly room decor allows us to enter the mind of…

Please tell me a little about yourself.

Hey there!

Well, I’m basically just a 25-year-old woman that writes when she isn’t pulling her hair out over excel spreadsheets.

I live in a small town in West Yorkshire, and I’ve spent most of my days dipping in and out of writing. In the past couple of years, I figured I rattle on about it too much not to share my work and take steps to get published. When I’m not writing, I’m probably zoning out with my headphones in and a playlist running or watching true crime documentaries. I also occasionally sketch, and love trips out to the coast.

Thank you.

Now for some questions.

Q1 When did you first begin the journey to becoming a writer and why chose dark fiction?

Since I was little, I’ve been writing on and off but I never really took it too seriously until…

Welcome back to my collection of interviews with some of the mega talented ladies of horror. Today I welcome Paula R C Readman who shares some of her writing advice and when she saw a UFO …

1) When did you first begin the journey to becoming a writer and why choose dark fiction?

Hi Janine,

Thank you for your invite onto your blog. My journey to be published started just over 20 years ago. I was working in an electronics factory at the time with a big milestone looming on the horizon, when I decided to set myself a challenge. After years of working in minimum wage jobs, due to being dyslexic and poorly educated, I wanted to see if it was possible for me to become a published writer.

I wanted to prove that anything is possible if you’re dedicated enough, so I gave myself a deadline of…